WXRB

WXRB (95.1 FM, "The Golden 95.1") is a non-commercial, educational radio station located in Dudley, Massachusetts, licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to WXRB-FM Educational Broadcasting, Inc. (a non-profit organization). Its studios and transmitting facilities are located on the campus of Nichols College, which previously owned the station as WNRC until a stronger signal at 97.5 MHz signed on in February 2005. The college later sold the original WNRC to Peter Q. George, the station's engineer, who had been programming 95.1 after the frequency swap. WXRB transmits in stereo and with RBDS.

For the radio station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania which held the call sign WXRB from 1993 to 1995, see WPGB. For the radio station in Blackshear, Georgia which held the call sign WXRB from 2000 to 2001, see WFNS (AM).
WXRB
CityDudley, Massachusetts
Broadcast areaDudley/Webster, Massachusetts;
Thompson/Quinebaug, Connecticut
Frequency95.1 MHz
(Channel 236)
BrandingThe Golden 95.1!
Slogan"The station that doesn't always play it first!"
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatOldies (1950s, '60s and '70s)
Ownership
OwnerWXRB-FM Educational Broadcasting, Inc.
History
First air date
1975[1][2]
Former call signs
WNRC (1975–February 3, 2005)
Former frequencies
91.1 MHz[3]
Call sign meaning
A tribute to XERB
Technical information
Facility ID48827
ClassD
ERP14 watts
HAAT38 meters
Transmitter coordinates
42°2′40″N 71°55′52″W
Links
WebcastListen live
Websitewxrbfm.org

The station is named (in tribute) for XERB ("The Mighty 1090"), the famous 50,000-watt Mexican "Border Blaster" radio station from which famous disc jockey Wolfman Jack (Robert Weston Smith) broadcast in the mid-1960s and early 1970s. George has said that he is a lifelong fan of Wolfman Jack.

WXRB, (one of the first non-commercial all-oldies radio stations in North America) features a 24/7 automated all-oldies format, in stereo, focusing on the years 1954–1979, similar to the original "R-KO-matic" (pronounced "ARKO-matic") automated music format at WRKO-FM and WROR (now WBZ-FM) in Boston, Massachusetts. WXRB frequently carries sports programming produced by the students at WNRC-LP, featuring the Nichols College Bison sports teams. Two traditions that continue to endure on WXRB are the yearly broadcast of Orson Welles and The Mercury Theatre On The Air's original 1938 presentation of "War Of The Worlds" every Halloween night and the yearly airing of Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" twice on Thanksgiving Day.

References
  1. 1976 Broadcasting Yearbook, page C-92. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  2. 1977 Broadcasting Yearbook, page C-98. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  3. 1977 Broadcasting Yearbook, page C-98. Retrieved April 27, 2015.

42.0445°N 71.9306°W / 42.0445; -71.9306


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